100+ Best Sports Trivia Questions with Answers

Sports Trivia Questions : Your general knowledge trivia round can be made up of questions about more generalist subjects such as news and current affairs, which can be followed by themed sections on specific topics, such as geography, music and movies.

Sports Trivia Questions

In which nation would you participate in the Wife Carrying World Championship?
Answer: Finland.

Juventus is one of the most successful football teams in Europe, but what city is its base?
Answer: Turin.

The Tour de France is a famous race in which sporting discipline?
Answer: Bicycle racing.

Able to fit around 132,000 people, the Narendra Modi Stadium is the largest sporting arena in the world, but in which country is it located?
Answer: India.

In which city does the Kentucky Derby horse race take place?
Answer: Louisville.

Participants flock to Noosa to take part in an annual surfing contest every year in which country?
Answer: Australia.

Which of these countries has never hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships: Chile, Russia, or France?
Answer: Russia.

Which country is known for hosting the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the most famous endurance car races?
Answer: France

Which city is home to the NFL team the Packers?
Answer: Green Bay

What is the capital city of Brazil, which also hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Brasília

What was the fastest goal in World Cup history?
Answer: 10.8 seconds by Hakan Sukur

How big is an Olympic sized swimming pool in meters?
Answer: 50 meters long and 25 meters wide

What country boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics?
Answer: The United States

Who won the women’s singles title at the 2021 French Open?
Answer: Barbora Krejcikova

Which team won the World Series in 2021?
Answer: Atlanta Braves

Who was the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl?
Answer: Tony Dungy

Which country has won the most Rugby World Cup tournaments?
Answer: New Zealand

Who won the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament?
Answer: Italy

Which American football team won the first Super Bowl in 1967?
Answer: Green Bay Packers

Who won the men’s singles gold medal in tennis at the 2016 Olympics?
Answer: Andy Murray

Which NBA team was the first to hire a full-time female assistant coach?
Answer: San Antonio Spurs

What sport did professional golfer Tiger Woods play in high school and considered pursuing professionally before ultimately choosing golf?
Answer: Basketball

What NFL quarterback has the most career rushing yards?
Answer: Michael Vick

What former NFL quarterback was also drafted by the Chicago Cubs and played in their minor league system?
Answer: Russell Wilson

What NHL player is the only player in league history to score a goal in his first game, last game, and 1,000th game?
Answer: Gordie Howe

Which country has won the most medals in Olympic snowboarding history?
Answer: United States

In what year was the first World Cup of Softball held?
Answer: 1993

Who was the first player to win the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award without making the playoffs?
Answer: Wes Unseld

What MLB team holds the record for the most consecutive games won in a single season?
Answer: Cleveland Indians

What former NBA player holds the record for the most steals in a single game?
Answer: Scottie Pippen

Which player has the most Australian Open titles in men’s singles?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

Who was the first woman to win a Grand Slam singles title?
Answer: Maud Watson

What is the surface of the French Open played on?
Answer: Clay

What team won the Stanley Cup in 2020?
Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning

Which player has won the most US Open titles in men’s singles?
Answer: Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, and Roger Federer (tied)

Who was the first male tennis player to complete the Career Grand Slam in the Open Era?
Answer: Rod Laver

What is the term for a tennis serve that the opponent cannot touch?
Answer: Ace

Who is the only athlete to have won a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games?
Answer: Lauren Woolstencroft

In what year did women’s boxing become an Olympic sport?
Answer: 2004

What country has won the most Women’s Volleyball World Cup championships?
Answer: China

Who is the only player to have won the NBA Finals MVP award while playing for the losing team?
Answer: Jerry West

Which NFL team has a lightning bolt on the players’ helmet?
Answer: Los Angeles Chargers.

What team does LeBron James play for?
Answer: Los Angeles Lakers.

What do the letters BMX stand for?
Answer: Bicycle Moto X.

In baseball, how many strikes does it take before the umpire calls out?
Answer: 3.

Which MLB player was better known as “The Bambino”?
Answer: Babe Ruth.

In football, where do you have to go in order to score a touchdown?
Answer: The end zone.

Where did the first ancient Olympic games take place?
Answer: Greece.

What measurement measures how far runners run?
Answer: Distance.

When an Olympic athlete wins first place, what color medal do they get?
Answer: Gold.

What sport starts with a tip-off or jump ball?
Answer: Basketball.

Who is the most decorated Olympian of all time?
Answer: Michael Phelps with 28 total medals

What are the four main swimming strokes in the Olympics?
Answer: Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly

What stroke is regarded as the most difficult in swimming?
Answer: Butterfly

True or False: Synchronized swimming is one of only two women-only Olympic events?
Answer: True

What is the deepest Olympic diving pool?
Answer: 5 meters

What is the name of the first African-American to win an individual Olympic gold medal in swimming?
Answer: Cullen Jones (2008 Beijing Olympics)

What is the longest distance swum in Olympic competition?
Answer: 10km marathon swim

What is the minimum age for swimmers to compete at the Olympics?
Answer: 14 years old

Which Olympic diving event has the highest degree of difficulty?
Answer: 10m platform

Who was the first swimmer to break the 49 second barrier in the 100m freestyle?
Answer: Cesar Cielo (Brazil) in 2009

What is the record for most red cards given in a single soccer match?
Answer: 36

Which baseball player has the record for the number of goals scored in an MLB season?
Answer: Barry Bonds

Which baseball player is known by his nickname “Milk” and was one of the greatest baseball players from Latin America?
Answer: Vladimir Guerrero

Which baseball player received the nickname “Hitting Machine” and set the record for the number of goals scored in one MLB game?
Answer: Jimmy Fox

Which baseball player is known as “Sea Wolf” and was one of the most charismatic players in the history of baseball?
Answer: Danny Murphy

Which baseball player earned the nickname “King of Chaos” and was known for his parties and informal style of play?
Answer: Manny Ramirez

Which player acquired the nickname “B-Rider” and was known for his impressive moves on the bases?
Answer: Dion Sanders

Which baseball player earned the nickname “Hare” and was a legendary player among lefties?
Answer: Randy Johnson

Which baseball player is known by his nickname “The King of Swing” and is considered one of the greatest baseball players in history?
Answer: Babe Ruth

Which baseball player became the first to surpass the 3,000-hit mark in his MLB career?
Answer: Tai Cobb

Which team won the first World Baseball Championship after the merger of the American and National Baseball Leagues?
Answer: St. Louis Brown

Who is the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
Answer: Alice Coachman

Which player holds the record for most points scored in one NBA game?
Answer: Wilt Chamberlain

Which colleges participated in the first-ever collegiate baseball game?
Answer: Amherst College and Williams College

What year was the first ancient Olympic Games held?
Answer: 776 B.C.

What year was the first modern Olympic Games held?
Answer: 1896

During which inning is “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” usually sung?
Answer: The seventh inning

Who holds the record for most goals in a single NHL season?
Answer: Wayne Gretzky

What year was the three-point line added for NBA games?
Answer: 1979

Which player made the catch in what is now known as the “Immaculate Reception”?
Answer: Franco Harris

Which NHL team has the record for most Stanley Cups, with a whopping 24 total?
Answer: The Montreal Canadiens.

Which pitcher has the most wins in MLB history?
Answer: Cy Young.

Babe Ruth was the first player to do what in an All-Star game?
Answer: Hit a home run.

Who was the first and only female to play in an NHL game?
Answer: Manon Rhéaume

Why was Taro Tsujimoto such a big name in the 1974 NHL Draft?
Answer: He didn\’t exist.

What Boston Bruins player wore No. 4?
Answer: Bobby Orr.

What do two yellow cards in a soccer game translate to?
Answer: A red card.

In American football, how many points is a field goal worth?
Answer: Three points.

What type of race is the Tour de France?
Answer: A bicycle race

How long is the free skate in women\’s figure skating?
Answer: Four minutes.

From 1930-1970, qualifying teams vied for the Jules Rimet Trophy in what international tournament?
Answer: The FIFA World Cup

With one guess, name one of the words that the four letters \”BASE\” stand for in \”BASE jumping.\”
Answer: building and antenna and span and earth

\”Sachin: A __ Dreams\” is the title of an Indian sports documentary about the life of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with details on his cricket and personal life. What numeric word fills the blank in the title?
Answer: Billion

The Trail Blazers had the longest streak of consecutive sold-out home games within the \”Big 4\” American sports leagues until what East Coast MLB team surpassed them in 2013?
Answer: Boston Red Sox

The final match of the 1994 World Cup took place at which American sports venue?
Answer: The Rose Bowl

What “x” is the vascular tissue in plants that transports water and dissolved nutrients from the root?
Answer: Xylem

Buzkashi, which means “goat pulling” in Pashto, is a sport in which players on horseback attempt to place a dead goat in a goal. In which Central Asian country is buzkashi predominantly played?
Answer: Afghanistan

The sports teams of Southern Illinois University are named for what Egyptian dog breed, sometimes called \”Persian greyhounds?\”
Answer: Salukis

The Engineers are the sports teams of what upstate New York technical university? You may give the three-letter abbreviation by which the school is often known.
Answer: RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Son of the Lithuanian legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Arvydas, this center/power forward for the Indiana Pacers was selected as an All Star for the 2021 NBA regular season.
Answer: Domantas Sabonis

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